>> if i could ask you to take your seats. it is my great distinction, honor, and privilege to introduce the governor minogue. we have more than 40 canyon governors and senators joining us for this year's summer meeting. welcome. it is a pleasure to have you with us, to join us at the summer meeting.

the canyon council of governors, which is similar to nga, aims to learn from our models of federalism and approaches to policy. it is rooted in our goal to share practices. itsre thrilled to extend principal to another country and have a delegation closely aligned with our mission today. chair ofrnor is the the council of governors and leads the delegation. ofis the current governor --. prior to serving as governor, he served as a member of parliament and held several senior positions within the united nations. himse join me in welcoming to the stage.

[applause] >> excellent governors, members of nga, all you guests, it is my pleasure today on behalf of the .anyon delegation of 45 in that delegation, we have 23 governors. have our ceo of the council of governors, three solicitors in the senate, the control of and the deputy cabinet secretary and a host of other

officers from our legislature and executives. monday.been here since governor thank sandoval for that invitation. it is the second one where we have come. this is the first allegation. canyon -- canyon--kenyan constitution -- we thought it would be useful for us to learn. we thought it would be functional the last 6.5 years. run governments

, the working of governments, your engagement with the private sector. we have learned a lot. can build a partnership for the future, a partnership that is going to be beneficial to the united states and kenya. kenya has a long history of engagement with the united through the eternal -- depatoral rules. of the last couple years, we have had agreements that have benefited both countries and sectors of health, energy, trade, particularly the african global act which is enabled

african countries to be able to trade easily and be given incentives to bring goods into the united states. month, in june, a -- was signed between the united states ,nd the kenyan government security, manufacturing, health. intogreement goes engagement with the united states government in the areas of manufacturing, infrastructure development, clean energy and , a digitalnergy economy and all other areas and oil. mining

learned,ave essentially is feeding into the priorities for the kenyan governor -- government. kenyanorities for the government is the same as the priorities for the national government. security and energy and transportation, essentially this matches with the priorities that we in kenya are focusing on. we think this is an area where we will be able to have advantages, particularly with the strength that you have. we have seen through engagements , highly leveled discussions that are going to benefit us more. seen engagement

with the industry, the private sector industry that lasts yesterday and this morning. gives the opportunity for innovation to contribute to the governorsd, which the -- to them. this is something you can take back -- we can take back and put in those quality engagements. -- projects we have been presented here. this is a big lesson we will take back with us and we learned

at lessons of other countries to be able to improve your own but also best practices within the thees of what can benefit other. that is the council of governors , to benefit from national governments that have done well before. the examples we have been given in germany, with a have a system that integrates the youth into the -- environment. this is useful. government ind economies. to government must be able

understand not only the workings of the state economy, but the impaired global economy is that is where the marketswhere the le competitors. this is important for us. when we begin our journey of setting up our national governments, the politics in our country were saying governors take in more states. what are you doing outside your states? we learned this engagement helps us to do much better. biggest take away is we have got to build relationships. u.s. statee is a lot can benefit from kenya. there is a lot of it for us from your state. we hope engagement that has begun can be taken forward.

agreements of the u.s. government and kenyan government have done so we can look at this and see what sort of areas between the council of ga can engage n in moving forward. thanky, i want to governor sandoval, and i also think governor bullock and scott martin and the governors who engage with us yesterday. we hope these engagements will variousand we can match states here, the various counties in kenya and to see what advantages we can gain from each other. i know a significant number of countries here in kenya.

they are the source of the macadamia nuts that come in here. they are the source of several other things the u.s. government imports from kenya. we hope we can be able to build that synergy to provide your markets back home and also for us to get a market here for the produce we are producing. most important is for us to be able to learn from you and to be we deliverprove how public good for the people of kenya. i want to thank you once again for hosting us, particularly the host governor, governor martinez. we hope to come back here. we normally organize two particular meetings for the council of governors. one is a governors meeting. every end of the year we celebrate what we call the

revolution in kenya. this is something new. the next year we hope you can to give us an address. opportunityr this and we hope we have a much better collaboration moving forward. thank you. [applause] >> governor, thank you. you are an inspiration to all of us into the delegation. welcome. i look forward to our collaboration and working together and learning from one another. it is a great honor you have joined us here today. now i have a great honor of introducing our final speaker the morning.

she is the deputy leader of the christian democratic union and former minister president of the german state of -- and respected hearty leader up-and-coming force in german national politics, her experience leading a germany -- germany and united states have been linked through centuries of shared history. from the communities of german immigrants and their descendents spread throughout the 50 states, to the hundreds of thousands of jobs created in the u.s. through company such as volkswagen and adidas, american ties to germany are strong. your many also remains an important trade and investment partner. in 2015, the total trade billion.hip was $174 in the entire united states,

german companies are the third largest foreign employers. it is clear here why the u.s. continues to value our transatlantic relationship. always stresses the importance of subnational leaders and continued dialogue between different countries. i speak for all governors here in saying, general secretary, thank you, thank you for coming across the atlantic to speak with us today. please join me in giving a warm welcome to the general secretary. [applause] andovernor sandoval, ladies gentlemen, dear friends, it is a pleasure and a privilege to be

here with you today. i would like to thank scott patterson for making this possible. thanks a lot. this is my first international visit in my new role as general secretary of the christian democrat union. to me it was very important travel to the united states, especially in a time when our trans-atlantic partnership is experiencing a certain stress test. for me as the former two-term governor, it was especially important to join the nga's meeting. the stress test i mentioned is about the differences between our two national governments. the last two days in washington,

d.c., we talked about different that defense and the danger of ushing nato, and the surplus. they do it in a manner that was in my opinion not a good manner to talk between partners having values.t interests but, c -- common values. it is important to strengthen our partnerships, exchanges and corporations and economy, science and so on. ladies and gentlemen, before i became general secretary of the cdu, i was governor of a tiny state located in the heart of

western europe at the french border. in a former industrial region of coal mining. the region worked hard on the successful economic transition process. third-place about automotive issues. one of the best places in germany, in europe, and internationally of computer science, cyber security, research and artificial intelligence. so my home country is linked in different ways to the european issues, as well as in the transatlantic relationship. having not sotate much interest in discussions with a national governments. they want jobs.

good education system for their children. health care and security for their retirement. they want a strong policy working against crimes in creating security. they want what we call a good life, and there i see no differences to the wishes of american people. so we have a lot in common in the political issues we have to deal with. the united states and the european union have created over the years the largest and wealthiest market in the world. 50 u.s. states export more to the european union than they do to china. german companies have invested $373 billion into the united states.

they are willing to invest more. arman companies have created hundred thousand jobs in that 800,000 jobs in the u.s. states. these are good jobs, amy in industry and manufacturing. most of these jobs are unionized. which iouth carolina, visited on monday, is the biggest exporter of cars made in the u.s. u.s. companies such as ford, general electric, mcdonald's and others are very present in the german market and employee around 700,000 people. the united states and the european union are responsible gdp,lmost half the global and almost two thirds of all foreign direct investment. is is a solid foundation

for practical cooperation in the benefit of our people independent from our national governments. dear friends, my father was a soldier in world war ii. oldas only 17 or 18 years when he was shot and drowned by a soldier of the u.s. army. the u.s. army saved his life, took care of him and gave him the experience of forgiveness, values of respect and human dignity. we have to discuss honestly our differences and we have to find a better balance of interests and burden sharing. but we should do this knowing and respecting our shared values and practical partnership that benefits both sides.

thank you for your attention. [applause] >> general secretary, thank you for your remarks. again, welcome to santa fe, new mexico. we have the opportunity to be introduced a moment ago. do you have any thoughts about santa fe? it is a wonderful place. it is so great to be here. i wish i had a little bit more time to see this great place. >> thank you. what do you see as a point to my fellow governors, what the governor's role should be in fostering foreign relationships and initiating collaboration with german ministries and share

best practices regarding innovation, infrastructure and workforce development? to deal with have common challenges. can --llenges of how we artificial intelligence. on the to work together issues of the workforce to get more jobs for young people. we have to exchange expenses about health care and other issues. on the level of the federal states in the united states and in germany we have a lot of

common and a good basis to and strengthen our friendship in transatlantic partnership. gov. sandoval: you talk about what are some of its that our citizens want -- you talk about what our citizens want. as the chair of the national governors association is to be the head of the curve, and the innovation governors. are you seeing that happen in germany where you have individuals that need different types of training and getting the youth into the workforce? gen. sec. kamp-kerrenbauer: that is a good question because in the federal states in germany we are responsible for the education system. we are responsible for what you call the workforce. we are responsible to deal with the question, how can we make

better and better education on the challenge of digitalization? must we improve the school system? what issues do we have to deal with? has little to do with the national level. that the states have to do. i think there are a lot of experiences that we can share together. gov. sandoval: what is an example of how you are doing that? how are you addressing that skills gap? gen. sec. kamp-kerrenbauer: it is not so easy in germany way we have certain thatal with the situation

each federal state works on its own. way, inhis in a certain a common system. the main issue is what will it mean for school education? how do have to change what we are teaching in our schools. what are the skills to get successful people for the future? people that have responsibilities in a digitalized world. time it's ant difficult discussion between the states and united states. we see that there are other parts of the european union,

other parts of the world like china that have a huge dynamic on this issue. bit -- we move a little too slowly in germany. it is interesting for me to learn how the federal states in united states will deal with these changes. gov. sandoval: so, you did your time as a minister president, the equivalent of being a governor. do you have a group like the national governors association for the minister presidents come together and share best practices? gen. sec. kamp-kerrenbauer: yeah, it is a conference. thes likely nga that like nga --it is likely nga.

and theree in 2017 theseveral meetings around spring. there is a national meeting in berlin. that is the place we discussed topics like education systems, and like how to deal with issues of security. there is the place we can together with the national government, with the chancellor we can about how deal with questions and issues like integration, especially for asylum seekers and refugees. that is a huge challenge in that -- also in

the entire european state. gov. sandoval: you used the word "challenge." what would you say are your biggest challenges back home? gen. sec. kamp-kerrenbauer: we ofe a special structure economic forces in germany. very industrialized region. we ahve -- have to do a lot with , and sof automotive the new development of digitalization and using digital eligibility --d electro-mobility and so on.

an unusual challenge for us. how can we stabilize our economic situation? we can we stabilize our jobs have created in the past? is a huge challenge in the economic politics. with a risingl populist movement and our country and european countries. populism from the far right. populism, and also from a far left population. iss is nowadays a topic that influenced in the very intensive

way. the political debates in germany and other european countries. gov. sandoval: prior to listening to the governor we had a panel on infrastructure. the challenge we have here in the u.s. and our respective states associated with aging infrastructure. do you have a similar challenge in germany? gen. sec. kamp-kerrenbauer: oh, yeah. we have to retreat our infrastructure in the traditional way. at the same time we have to create new infrastructure that we have -- that is necessary to deal with digitalization. know about the united

states, but in germany we have a huge problem with plutocracy. we are in a complicated way to say we can do this and this. we do it in a way that is too slow. this is at the moment a big issue we have to deal with. gov. sandoval: thank you. i wanted to open it up to the fellow governors to see if any of them have questions for the general secretary. governors? do any of you have any questions? >> i do. i want to make sure. leader in global automobile production, we had conversations last summer with elon musk about autonomous vehicles. i had a conversation with a gentleman who is the ceo of way

mo, a google company developing autonomous vehicles. is that an issue you are dealing with in germany? gen. sec. kamp-kerrenbauer: absolutely. this is for us giving a great change for the future. that is something we have in common here. gov. sandoval: and then associated with that we mentioned the electric vehicles. if that is something you are seeing changing with regards to your auto industry? gen. sec. kamp-kerrenbauer: yes, it is a slow change because we are very good and the traditional ways to build a car. and so we have to deal with certain developments that is in a way that we don't crash the jobs we have today. it is a big issue i have been discussing with -- on the

political level, but also on the between theerprises unions. i think that we will have for and we will remain a certain mixture between mobility and traditional ways. gov. sandoval: i mentioned to you previously either privilege of leading a trip to germany not long ago. i was overwhelmed and incredibly impressed with your workforce development. frankly we use a lot of what we learned to introduce that to nevada. i also learned there was a big focus on wind energy and seeing that. is that something to developing in germany and expanding renewable energy?

gen. sec. kamp-kerrenbauer: yes. it has been increasing in a dynamic way. it is not so easy. you mentioned the wind farm. it is not so easy in germany no large places to put the wind farms. there is a certain distance of citizens. we have a strong increasing of wind power and clean power. in my opinion it is absolutely necessary because we have to deal with certain climate change and we hold on to what we have negotiated. gov. sandoval: has your

experience as a minister president help you now individually in the federal government? -- in the way you lead in the federal government? gen. sec. kamp-kerrenbauer: i think as a governor or minister president you have to deal with a lot of issues that are influencing the common people in their daily life. we have a mixture in germany between the national level and with strongl interdependence between the two political levels. and now i think for me it's a , what i havence made in the last couple of years that can go with me at the

toional level and helps me make my work. it gives me a lot of experiences and relationships with a lot of leaders in our national party. gov. sandoval: our time is almost up. governors, any other questions you might have for the general secretary? yes? >> you mentioned renewables. you mentioned some of the difficulties given land mass and resistance from folks. back in 2015, it was a brutal winter. there were difficulties with energy generation and there seems to have been a little bit of a return to the idea that if there is to be any kind of independence of energy in germany, some of the more traditional fossil fuel based

production, including coal,, regions represented, would have to come back to the forefront more than people might wish or want of the bridge to whatever the energy future looks like will be built of coal for some period. is that something people have understood of necessity or just something they appreciate beyond the immediate need? gen. sec. kamp-kerrenbauer: we talked about this because in our 1970's we the depended in a strong way on oil from arabia. to giveen we have tried us -- of our energies. the great challenge in germany is we have a strong need of

energy that is all kinds of available. issue and a an challenge with clean energy. to develop a mixture betweengreen energy, that'sal because of because it is difficult for climate change. but what we had decided and turned us back is legally the energy -- we will leave the from nuclear power plants. it is difficult because we have not only a separated national

system. we have a system that is independent to the other european countries. although we have a deal with this question on a national level, it's also the european level. gov. sandoval: any other further questions? general secretary, thank you for coming so far. we look forward to strengthening the relationship between the u.s. governors and germany. we really appreciate your comments and look forward to working with you. please join me in thanking the governor secretary. [applause] gov. sandoval: the international portion of our program. we are going to break for lunch at the smart state pavilion.

enjoy your lunch. thank you. [crowd noise]

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